2016/04/01

Tales of The Destinies

Tales of The Destinies

We have no luck! We are unlucky!
Our answer is always...
We can't help it! It can't be helped!
"not", "not", "not", "not"!
That is not it! This is not it!
Where is the answer?
Nowhere! Nowhere! Nowhere! Nowhere!
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere!

It never stops [it never stops]. It never ends [it never ends].
It's an unlimited melody [melody].
We [we] never look back,
Now and Forever.
It is our eternal memory.
THE ONE will be with you.
We are The Destinies.

It never stops [it never stops]. It never ends [it never ends].
It's an endless journey [journey].
We [we] are not alone,
Now and Forever.
It is our destiny.
THE ONE will be with you.
We are The Destinies.

ROMAJI LYRIC AND NOTES ARE BELOW.

[i] About "The Destinies"

Probably "The Destinies" (plural & capitalized with a definite article) suggests the Three Goddesses of Fates of Greek mythology, and also suggests SU-METAL, YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL, so the title can be interpreted as "the stories of SU-METAL, YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL. As some readers have already commented below, this song is paired with "THE ONE", and the lyrics of both songs have something in common.

Tales of The Destinies

Romaji Lyric

English Translation

Notes

Un ga nai! Tsuite nai!

We have no luck! We are unlucky!

M,Y

Kotae wa itsu mo

Our answer is always...

1

Shikata nai! Shoo ga nai!

We can't help it! It can't be helped!

2,M,Y

nai na nai, nai na nai!

"not", "not", "not", "not"!

3

Are ja nai! Kore ja nai!

That is not it! This is not it!

MY

Kotae wa doko ni?

Where is the answer?

Nai! Nai! Nai! Nai!

Nowhere! Nowhere! Nowhere! Nowhere!

4,MY

Nai na nai, nai na nai, nai na nai!

Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere!

3

DON'TWORRY, DON'TWORRY! Saa umare kawaru.

Don't worry, don't worry! Now we're going to reborn.

COUNTDOWN hajimete ikoo yo!

Let's begin the countdown!

SETMEFREE!

Set me free!

[THREE, TWO, ONE, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO?]

[Three, two, one, three, two, one, zero?]

(m?)

[THREE, TWO, ONE, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO?]

[Three, two, one, three, two, one, zero?]

(y?)

Tomara-nai [tomara-nai] owara-nai [owara-nai]

It never stops [it never stops]. It never ends [it never ends].

(m)

kagiri nai merodii [merodii].

It's an unlimited melody [melody].

(y)

Bokura wa [bokura wa] furimuka-nai,

We [we] never look back,

(m)

NOWAND FOREVER.

Now and Forever.

5,A

Towa no memorii.

It is our eternal memory.

THE ONE WILLBEWITHYOU.

THE ONE will be with you.

Warera ga THE DESTINIES.

We are The Destinies.

6

Dame ja nai? Dame ja nai!

Isn't it useless? It's not useless!

7,8,M,Y

Nai nai nai nai!

No, no, no, no!

MY

Muri ja nai? Muri ja nai!

Isn't it impossible? It's not impossible!

7,M,Y

Yume ja nai? Yume ja nai!

Isn't it a dream? It's not a dream!

7,M,Y

Nai nai nai nai!

No, no, no, no!

MY

Ima ja nai? Ima ja nai!

Isn't it now? It's not now!

7,9,M,Y

CAN'TSTOPME, CAN'TSTOPMENOW. Ima hajimaru.

Can't stop me, can't stop me now. Now it starts.

THEBIGCHANCE neratte ikoo yo!

Let's aim at the big chance!

GETREADY!

Get ready!

[THREE, TWO, ONE, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO?]

[Three, two, one, three, two, one, zero?]

(m?)

[THREE, TWO, ONE, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO?]

[Three, two, one, three, two, one, zero?]

(y?)

Tomara-nai [tomara-nai] owara-nai [owara-nai]

It never stops [it never stops]. It never ends [it never ends].

(m)

hateshi nai jaanii [jaanii].

It's an endless journey [journey].

(y)

Bokura wa [bokura wa] hitori ja nai,

We [we] are not alone,

(m)

NOWAND FOREVER.

Now and Forever.

5,A

Sore ga desutinii.

It is our destiny.

THE ONE WILLBEWITHYOU.

THE ONE will be with you.

Warera ga THE DESTINIES.

We are The Destinies.

Notes

The lines marked with "M,Y" are sung by MOAMETAL (the former half) and by YUIMETAL (the latter half). The lines marked with "MY" are sung by both together, and with "A" by all three members. The enclosed phrases [---] marked with "(m)" may be sung by MOAMETAL and with "(y)" by YUIMETAL in the studio take, but I'm not sure because of audio processing. In live performances, both seem to sing these phrases together. (Added on 2017 Jan. 20. Revised on 2017 Mar. 31.)

At first, I thought the 2nd line links to the 3rd (= "Our answer is 'we can't help it'."), but it seems better to think the 2nd line links to the 4th (i.e. our answer is always negative) and the 1st & the 3rd lines are examples of negative sentences.

Both "shikata nai" and "shô (= shiyô) ga nai" mean "there is no way to do it".

Probably "Nai na nai" is 3 "nai"s and the second is shortened to be fit to the melody.

Grammatically, "nai" of this line means not "nowhere" but "doesn't exist".

It is unclear to which line "Now and Forever" attaches because the original lyric (according to custom) has no punctuation and both the preceding & the following lines are well understandable by themselves, but it seems better to think it attaches to the preceding lines.

There is a possibility that "warera ga" is the old form of "warera no" and means "our", but I think this interpretation is not fit to the capitalized English word with a definite article.

The form of "--- ja nai (ka)?" (= --- de wa nai ka?) is something like a tag question or a rhetorical question. That is, the speaker is (somewhat) affirmative to the main part. In these lines, the former thinks it is probably xxx and the latter says it is not xxx. (Revised on 2017 Jan. 20.)

"Dame" originally means "worthless" in the game of "go" but now also means "useless", "bad", "forbidden", "impossible", etc.

I feel it a bit strange that "now" (a somewhat positive word) is negated here because the whole sentence sounds somehow negative. In the previous lines, (somewhat) negative words are negated and the whole sentences sound somewhat positive.
Sometimes "--- ja nai!" form is used affirmatively. That is, it somtimes means "It is now!" (= Can't you see it is now?) instead of "It isn't now!" or "Isn't it now?". The lyric writers may have meant this, but then "ja nai" must not be stressed like this line, so it's very difficult for this "Ima ja nai!" to mean "It is now!". (Appended on 2017 Jan. 20.)

I think it is an overture so to speak to the opus, The One as the piano solo plays the guitar riff and leads into The One..Whoever decided not to link both together but put in the usual spacer missed a great opportunity.

First, thank you for all the translations. Understanding what is sung helps me appreciate the songs even more. Second, this song to me is very reminiscent of Dream Theater, specifically the Metropolis Pt. II: Scenes from a Memory album. Very impressive.

Without considering The One, it sounds like this song is meant to be an encouragement from "The Destinies," or our beloved singers, to chase after our dreams. They refute the usual questions and anxieties that are used to stop ourselves, believing that we can't or now's not the time, etc. This all leads up to the last stanza which sounds like it's an understanding of how difficult it can seem, as life is a never ending journey of challenges, but if nothing else, whoever the One refers to, and the Destinies, will believe in you if no one else can. In short, it sounds like its encouragement from the band that they feel doubts sometimes, they feel anxieties, but destinies are ours to control as long as we have faith, and they have gone through this same thing so they can reassure us that their belief that we can follow our dreams isn't empty.